“Stratosphere” is one of Hyperspace’s darker, gloomier tracks. Beck wrote this song about his friend who had died of a heroin overdose in 2000.
This is the only song on Hyperspace that Beck had produced alone. He well-fittingly features Coldplay frontman Chris Martin on backup vocals.
[Verse 1]
Turn me around
Collision course with the sun
Far above the ground
Halfway to oblivion
[Chorus]
In the stratosphere
There's nowhere to go from here
In the stratosphere
I'll be back home another year
[Verse 2]
High as the moon
Earth below to comfort me
Needle to the spoon
Strike a match and let it be
[Chorus]
In the stratosphere
There's nowhere to go from here
In the stratosphere
Somewhere I can disappear
In the stratosphere
There's nowhere to go from here
In the stratosphere
Be back home another year
Stratosphere was written by Beck.
Stratosphere was produced by Beck.
Beck released Stratosphere on Fri Nov 22 2019.